"Knowledge creation is to the '90s what excellence was to the '80s. I can't imagine a better book on organizational design for innovation. Nor can I imagine a better common focus for managers and scholars. This is the best and most original blend of organizational theory and practice we are likely to see for some time.""
-Karl E. Weiuk,
School of Business Administration, University of Michigan
""This is the most creative book on pament to come out of Japan. The same authors who introduced the rugby app to product development now bring us a myriad of new concepts: tedge, the oneness of mind and body, middle-up-down management, livation, to name a few. The insights for this book originated in Japanagerial implications universal. It is a must read for manageregth: Lorderless world."" -Kenichi Ohnte, Onu ispriates are
""Nonaka and Takeuchi take on a subject is truly on the frontier of manage- ment: the process by which companies learn ate competitively valuable knowledge. What is refreshing about this bois that Nonaka and Takeuchi go beyond the slogans that have characterized much of the previous work on this subject, and delve into the specific organization structures and processes involved in organizational creativity and learning. They bring a wealth of specific, in-depth company evidence to bear on the task. The result is an important book which will advance both the literature as well as corporate practice.""
-Michael E. Porter,
C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
""This book provides the best and deepest insights into how, Japanese companies innovate. For the first time ever, Western managers will be able to learn how Honda, Canon, Matsushita, and others tap the intellectual capital of their workers to create and expand knowledge. At the same time, the book shows what Japanese managers are learning from Western companies to compete more effectively in the emerging 'knowledge society. The book taps the best of two worlds like no other book I have ever read.""
-Yotaro Kobayashi, Chairman and CEO, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd."